Lesson One
_______ velocity is the velocity a rocket must achieve to establish an orbit around Earth.
Orbital
A spacecraft that has various scientific instruments that can collect data but has no human crew is called a(n) _______.
space probe
Shock-absorbing sneakers are an example of a space __________.
spinoff
Rockets were invented in ancient _______.
China
In Monster's, Inc., there's nothing more toxic or deadly than what?
A human child
A rocket moves forward when _____ shooting out the back push the rocket in the opposite direction.
gases
A(n) ________ is large artificial satellite on which people can live and work for long periods.
space station
The space program has spurred development of ______ of products that benefit people on Earth.
thousands
The amount of _____ depends on the mass and speed of the gases propelled out of the rocket.
thrust
Who was Experiment 626?
Stitch
The total weight of multistage rocket is greatly reduced as the rocket _____.
rises
Some probes have small robots called ______ that can move about on the surface of another planet or moon.
rovers
Space has a much ____ range of temperatures than Earth.
wider
Engineers and ______ have developed a variety of materials for use in spacecraft that are also useful on Earth.
chemists
The Princess and the Frog is set in which city?
New Orleans
The greater the _______, the greater a rocket's velocity.
thrust
A(n) ________ is a spacecraft that can carry a crew into space, return to Earth, and then be reused for the same purpose.
space shuttle
An astronauts ____ is the same in space and on Earth.
mass
________ is observation satellites collect data.
Remote Sensing
What is Princess Mia’s full name in The Princess Diaries?
Amelia Mignonette Thermopolis Renaldi
_________ is the velocity a rocket must reach to fly beyond a planet's gravitational pull.
Escape velocity
The cost of the Apollo 11 mission was _________.
high
_________ space spinoffs include computer-aided imaging techhniques.
Medical
A communication satellite is a space ______.
spinoff
What name does Mulan pick for herself while pretending to be a man?
Ping